Labour’s ambitiously named Thousand Club of rich donors were at the West End
restaurant Özer to hear Ed Miliband trot out his usual “the Tories are a
shambles but we can’t beat them without your cash” speech.

The host for the evening was Hüseyin Özer, the Turkish chef best known for the
Sofra chain and his marinated black cod. “I love your party,” he told
guests, prominent among them David Abrahams, the property tycoon previously
caught up in hiding party donations, and the Tory turncoat Anthony Nelson,
who was once City Minister under John Major.